[N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone][C1–C4 carboxylic acid]: a novel solvent system with exceptional lignin solubility

Liwen Mu; Yijun Shi; Long Chen; Tuo Ji; Ruixia Yuan; Huaiyuan Wang; Jiahua Zhu

doi:10.1039/C5CC04191K

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[N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone][C1–C4 carboxylic acid]: a novel solvent system with exceptional lignin solubility†

Liwen Mu,^a Yijun Shi,^b Long Chen,^a Tuo Ji,^a Ruixia Yuan,^ac Huaiyuan Wang^c and Jiahua Zhu*^a

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^a Intelligent Composites Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
E-mail: jzhu1@uakron.edu
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^b Division of Machine Elements, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden

^c College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, P. R. China

Abstract

Novel solvent systems composed of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and C1–C4 carboxylic acid exhibit unique physicochemical properties, e.g. large polarity, low viscosity and excellent hydrogen bonding capacity, which have demonstrated excellent lignin solubility that outperforms conventional solvents and ionic liquids.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC04191K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 20 May 2015
Accepted: 13 Jul 2015
First published: 16 Jul 2015
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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 13554-13557

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L. Mu, Y. Shi, L. Chen, T. Ji, R. Yuan, H. Wang and J. Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13554 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04191K

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[N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone][C1–C4 carboxylic acid]: a novel solvent system with exceptional lignin solubility†

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